Cobra Replica newbie

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by LMH

This sounds like a pretty good car from the ad. It has a late model FI engine, so it's MPG and reliability is going to be about as good as it gets. The price is really quite low for a built car.

A word of caution, you can really get burned buying a car someone else built, especially if you're not familiar with these cars. It's only as good as it's builder. From what I can see, this car looks pretty well built but you never know for sure until you see it in real life.

Take a look: Replica/Kit Makes 2 Door | eBay
Larry

Yep - that is probably about as good a value as you will ever find, even if you have to go through it and fix a couple things. But, you're wanting a Cobra replica for all the wrong reasons. These are terrible cars for daily use - hot, loud, generally stiff to hard riding, very little to no weather protection, difficult to get in and out of, and usually require some regular mechanical upkeep. I got mine to the point of being able to back it out of the garage yesterday and honestly with the pedal position and seating position I don't know if I will ever be able to drive this thing in traffic.

A few guys have used them for daily drivers - there is a guy here in Ark that has some incredible no of miles (over 300,000 I believe) on a FFR car like the one in the ad. But, they are unique, hardy individuals who know every inch of their car and how to maintain it.